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On 8 September at the Staples Center in Los Angels, two of boxing’s most well known all out action fighters will face off in what is billed as “The Brawlâ€, but a better title for this event may be, “It’s All About Prideâ€. Seeing how thus far there has been enough insults and accusations to…
It’s Now Or Never He is a faceless title holder in an increasingly faceless sport, but come September 7 WBC Light Welterweight champion Junior Witter will get the opportunity to stand up and be seen. Witter, 33, is only weeks away from a career defining showdown with number one contender Vivian Harris, and has declared…
Amir Khan puts his unbeaten record on the line when he steps up against Scott Lawton at the Nottingham Arena in six weeks time. Khan will be making his second appearance at 12 rounds on October 6 and just three months after his first attempt resulted in the eighth round stoppage of Willie Limond. Much…
On Sept 8 Fernando Vargas faces off against Ricardo Mayorga on PPV in a bout of egos and will. Although there is no title at stake, it promises to be an all out war for what many are predicting to be a short night. While the two former world champions are going to be the…
Recap and Analysis of the Recent Televised Fights in the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight Divisions After back-to-back weekends of exciting boxing matches, boxing takes a much-deserved rest. There is not another meaningful televised fight until Jermain Taylor versus Kelly Pavlik on September 29, 2007. I do not count the September Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo Mayorga…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Madison Square Garden, Don King Productions announced the WBC Heavyweight Championship fight between Oleg Maskaev, 34-5 (26), and Samuel Peter, 28-1 (22), which will take place at the “Mecca of Boxing†on October 6, 2007. The official announcement for the fight finally came…
No Power, But No Doubt: Hopkins Clinches Clearcut Victory Click for larger image© Mike Cleary BoxingPhotographs.com From what I have read and heard, most boxing writers and fans scored the recent Bernard Hopkins versus Winky Wright bout in favor of Hopkins (a notable, but not surprising exception is HBO’s Larry Merchant). I scored the fight…
Where would boxing be without rematches and trilogies? Can you imagine how much less interesting our sport’s history would be? Could you imagine the great moments that we would have missed? In fact, if not for rematches and trilogies, there would not only be a lot less history in our sport, but there would be…
WBA Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Mundine’s desire to fight the winner of the Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler bout may have to be put on hold after a severe eye infection has left the Sydneysider with no vision in one eye. The 32 year old is expected to remain in hospital for up to ten…
With Erik Morales scheduled to take on David Diaz tonight, I got to thinking about just how bad things have gotten for “El Terrible”. Morales entered 2004 with a remarkable, 48-1 (34), but the worst was yet to come. Morales has since fought seven times, compiling a 3-4 record and being brutally stopped by Manny…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Tuesday afternoon at Tavern on the Green in New York City, DiBella Entertainment announced their upcoming middleweight championship fight between Jermain Taylor, 27-0-1 (17), and Kelly Pavlik, 31-0 (28), from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ on September 29, 2007. Taylor’s co-trainer Emmanuel Steward took…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / SaddoBoxing.com Can He Be “El Terrible†Once Again? This Saturday, former three division world champion Erik “El Terrible†Morales, 48-5 (34), faces David Diaz, 32-1-1 (17), for the WBC version of the lightweight title in what at one time would have been a bout with little interest…